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we are at a strategic point in the future of the u.s. army and the u.s. military. there's no doubt that we need a globally-engaged army with enough capacity to deter and prevent conflict. we need an army that takes capabilities and the unique structure that army has today to shape the environment and prevent conflict in all of our geographic combatant commands. this is about our nation's security. it is about developing the right balance of capabilities within the joint force. our history tells us that we get out of balance, our enemies will seek to take advantage and use that calculation in conflicts. the one thing history is clear about, we will be asked to deploy soldiers again. it is my responsibility that when they are asked, they have the capacity and readiness to be decisive and accomplish the mission. i look forward to the debate and feedback on the joint force and army's plans to posture for the future. i am interested in your views on the effects of budgetary effects and sequestration and its impacts on readiness and our national security. i want to think
we are at a strategic point in the future of the u.s. army and the u.s. military. there's no doubt that we need a globally-engaged army with enough capacity to deter and prevent conflict. we need an army that takes capabilities and the unique structure that army has today to shape the environment and prevent conflict in all of our geographic combatant commands. this is about our nation's security. it is about developing the right balance of capabilities within the joint force. our history tells...
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the u.s. and afghanistan are seeking in this moment of challenging transition. >> let me tell you where we are going next. >> thank you for being here. two questions. one, your president and hamid karzai have been meeting in london. they say they are setting a six- month deadline for talks with the taliban in afghanistan. are they able to function in society? and two, what is the best strategy for the united states in afghanistan in the long term? but she has asked two really big questions. the first is to speak and to afghanistan with the taliban and whether they can be integrated into society. they do have constitutional obligations to uphold. , with the looking at united states, transitions in afghanistan as well. there's a time line of elections to be held in afghanistan, as you know. these are processes and political decisions that the afghans must make themselves. i say this, and i do want to point to the historic shift that pakistan is very consciously and proactively making. our govern
the u.s. and afghanistan are seeking in this moment of challenging transition. >> let me tell you where we are going next. >> thank you for being here. two questions. one, your president and hamid karzai have been meeting in london. they say they are setting a six- month deadline for talks with the taliban in afghanistan. are they able to function in society? and two, what is the best strategy for the united states in afghanistan in the long term? but she has asked two really big...
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and want to know what is happening in the u.s., stories about the u.s. election were on the front page and the editorialized about it. they had editorial cartoons about the u.s. election. that is partly because china was mentioned quite frequently, specifically by mitt romney. they have manipulated their currency. they have allowed the currency to float openly in a relatively constrained band. when i arrived, the currency was about seven, now it is about six. it has strengthened quite a bit of. >> do they watch our movies, our television programs, can they read the internet from here, and can they watch youtube? >> the internet is controlled by the great fire wall. that keeps out facebook, youtube, "the new york times" is banned. a lot of western sites are banned, including sites from hong kong and taiwan. a lot of young, savvy chinese have a virtual private networks and they are able to get around the great fire wall. it is a cat and mouse game. the chinese find new ways around it. the government is trying to restrict what people see and read. >> if "th
and want to know what is happening in the u.s., stories about the u.s. election were on the front page and the editorialized about it. they had editorial cartoons about the u.s. election. that is partly because china was mentioned quite frequently, specifically by mitt romney. they have manipulated their currency. they have allowed the currency to float openly in a relatively constrained band. when i arrived, the currency was about seven, now it is about six. it has strengthened quite a bit of....
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. >> u.s. army chief of staff general raymond odierno says the greatest threat facing our nation is the fiscal uncertainty and potential budget cut -- but it sure call. hort falls. he made these remarks at the brookings institution. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone, and on behalf of brookings and our center for 21st century security, we're honored to have the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno, to speak. you are aware of the challenges of the budget process and our future military planning as well as current operations. no one could be more distinguished and a more thoughtful person to discuss these matters than general odierno, who is a friend of brookings and the broader defense community for a long time, and he has been a distinguished servant in our nation's military and defense throughout that time. he took the fourth infantry division to iraq and presided over its operation, directed its operations in the first year of the iraq war. then he returned as the
. >> u.s. army chief of staff general raymond odierno says the greatest threat facing our nation is the fiscal uncertainty and potential budget cut -- but it sure call. hort falls. he made these remarks at the brookings institution. this is just over an hour. >> good morning, everyone, and on behalf of brookings and our center for 21st century security, we're honored to have the chief of staff of the army, general ray odierno, to speak. you are aware of the challenges of the budget...
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is the u.s. willing to get more robustly involved allowing us to -- decide to walk up to the red line and is confident that we want to anything? >> that may be true. if the president of the united states determined that as a matter of national interest, to overturn the regime is what we needed to do, then he would sit down and craft a sensible military strategy to achieve that end. he would calibrate his ends with his means. i argue that is not a vital national interest, given the complications and consequences. a policy that would mandate a degree of responsibility that i do not think we can afford right now. with all due respect, i do believe there is some correlation between military ventures abroad that do not turn out right, and the nature of our own broken house. which is fundamentally broken. all i am suggesting, and i do not -- i do not know whether josh intended this, i do not believe that the arab and muslim peoples are incapable of democracy. it took us 150 years to reconcile the promi
is the u.s. willing to get more robustly involved allowing us to -- decide to walk up to the red line and is confident that we want to anything? >> that may be true. if the president of the united states determined that as a matter of national interest, to overturn the regime is what we needed to do, then he would sit down and craft a sensible military strategy to achieve that end. he would calibrate his ends with his means. i argue that is not a vital national interest, given the...
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central command and general david rodriguez u.s. army to be nominated to be commander of the u.s. afri command. these two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for our military's operations to counter the threat of terrorism. oath nominees have served our country with distinction and i want to thank each of you for your decades of military service and your willingness to serve once again. i understand that general austin 's wife charlene and general rodriguez' wife jen air with us this morning and i want to a knowledge them and thank them for their sacrifices, their support to our nominees throughout the years which is so essential to the success of our nominees and as is the committee's tradition are nominees are invited to introduce any family members or friends who may be with them this morning with their opening remarks. if confirmed general austin will assume command of centcom during it critical transition. not for military operations in afghanistan. in the coming months afghan forces will assume the lead responsibility for providing security thro
central command and general david rodriguez u.s. army to be nominated to be commander of the u.s. afri command. these two combatant commands centcom and africom are the centers of gravity for our military's operations to counter the threat of terrorism. oath nominees have served our country with distinction and i want to thank each of you for your decades of military service and your willingness to serve once again. i understand that general austin 's wife charlene and general rodriguez' wife...
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you told me in no uncertain terms -- do you remember the lions brigade and you have u.s. forces working as a team? that may have been your idea. it was working so well. paramilitary forces that are kurds. now you see a shooting war about to erupt. you told me if we had 5000 people, we could keep tensions down. do you remember that? >> i do. >> you said we were one perceived slight away from these guys shooting each other. it was a good assessment. what you see now is the story that is about how close they have come to firing on each other over the oil problems. i want to introduce into the record the exchange i had with mpsey in 2011 about what happened in iraq. now let's move to afghanistan. i will not block your nomination. that is not my intent. i do believe it is only fair to the committee that you go talk to general allan, pick up the phone. do you agree he is one of the finest officers you have ever served with? >> he is a fine officer. >> you all have been at this a long time, all of you. my time is about to expire, so we will do a second round. i want you to go ta
you told me in no uncertain terms -- do you remember the lions brigade and you have u.s. forces working as a team? that may have been your idea. it was working so well. paramilitary forces that are kurds. now you see a shooting war about to erupt. you told me if we had 5000 people, we could keep tensions down. do you remember that? >> i do. >> you said we were one perceived slight away from these guys shooting each other. it was a good assessment. what you see now is the story that...
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he is a retired u.s. diplomat with a distinguished record, including service in the middle east but also did major global power like russia and india, who are playing very interesting roles in the evolving to thomas e. over iran. welcome. and along with time we have our own kenneth pollack, senior fellow in the center, and ken is finishing a book right now on the challenge of iran, which you will be able to look for in books first later this year. we're happy to have ken with us to provide comments on this topic as well. what we will do is we will have a bit of a conversation up here, and then we will open it up for questions from before. -- from the four. why don't we jumped right in with some of these recent developments. there is not a date set for the next round of international negotiations to be held in a distinguished diplomatic capital. one wonders if that quieter location will allow distance from the glare of the cameras. do you expend much progress -- what you expect from these long- awaited tal
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i believe that continues, although i am no longer a u.s. attorney. i pulled up some quick statistics. according to the executive office of united states attorneys, in 2012, more than 11,700 defendants were charged with federal gun crimes, which is a lot more than not doing it, a lot more than 62. the numbers are up at the department of justice since 2001, by more than 3000 prosecutions. we may have a debate about whether more should be done and who at the witness table actually wants more to be done in the way of gun prosecutions, but to pretend the number is in double digits or zero is flagrantly wrong and inconsistent with the type of testimony that senators should rely on in a situation like this. i should also mention, repeated testimony from senator durbin that criminals will not subject themselves to a background check. that is that the point. criminals do not subject themselves to a background check, so they do not go into the gun shops. if they do, they are prevented from buying a gun. instead, they go primarily to the main way we distribute
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the iranians took advantage of what the u.s. was doing in iraq, when it came to operation of iraqi freedom. that was a major mistake in the standpoint of u.s. tactics and strategy. we should have gone in there and looked at exactly how the iranians were going to operate. i knew when i was deployed in support iraqi freedom, it was clear to me that iranians were taking advantage of what we had done and were going to leverage that to their advantage. those are the things we need to look at. in terms of tora bora, i believe you're correct that we should have gone in in a more aggressive posture to really keep the al qaeda elements from entering pakistan from afghanistan. tora bora would have been a one potential place to do that. that kind of an operation should have taken care of a lot of the elements that osama bin laden was in charge of at that time triple -- time. host: the colonel served from 2005-2009. coming up, we will talk about the state of the union. the president announced proposals this week to deal with college student
the iranians took advantage of what the u.s. was doing in iraq, when it came to operation of iraqi freedom. that was a major mistake in the standpoint of u.s. tactics and strategy. we should have gone in there and looked at exactly how the iranians were going to operate. i knew when i was deployed in support iraqi freedom, it was clear to me that iranians were taking advantage of what we had done and were going to leverage that to their advantage. those are the things we need to look at. in...
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the present commander of the u.s. strategic command and the secretary of the air force do not agree with the recommendations in this report. they're people he will supervise. the general told the press last year that he does not support the former vice chairman, general cartwright, i do not think we are in the place he suggests now, nor do i see that particular place anytime soon. you will be supervising him. would you share with us where you are today on that issue? do you support the view of general taylor or do you support the commission report you signed? >> thank you, senator. first, let me correct some of your interpretation of what the global zero report was. and what it actually said. first, it did not propose or call for anything. it was in fact the word specifically used at the front end of that report was illustrative. proposing nothing, but laying out different scenarios and possibilities and schedules. but here is the key part to all of this. this is summarized in a letter to president obama in 2009. bila
the present commander of the u.s. strategic command and the secretary of the air force do not agree with the recommendations in this report. they're people he will supervise. the general told the press last year that he does not support the former vice chairman, general cartwright, i do not think we are in the place he suggests now, nor do i see that particular place anytime soon. you will be supervising him. would you share with us where you are today on that issue? do you support the view of...
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for the u.s. housing market to continue on its path to recovery, consumers, lenders, and investors need clarity regarding the boundaries of mortgage lending. and the recent action by the cf. rks b with rules implementing to repay provisions of dodd-frank i think was an important step towards uncertainty and access. and now that the cfpb has finalized its work on the qualified mortgage definition, i urge you to work quickly to finalize the qrm definition in a way that ensures responsible borrowers have an ongoing access to prudent, sustainable mortgages that for decades have been the corner stone of a stable and strong u.s. housing market. and earlier this week we saw data showing that home loans that would be exempt from the ability to repay requirements and the proposed standard even with the 10% down payment requirement made up less than half the market in 2010. and importantly it should be noted that these loans rarely went into default. now that qm is finalized, can you ensure me that your age
for the u.s. housing market to continue on its path to recovery, consumers, lenders, and investors need clarity regarding the boundaries of mortgage lending. and the recent action by the cf. rks b with rules implementing to repay provisions of dodd-frank i think was an important step towards uncertainty and access. and now that the cfpb has finalized its work on the qualified mortgage definition, i urge you to work quickly to finalize the qrm definition in a way that ensures responsible...
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if the u.s. and coalition forces are going to leave a light footprint, isn't that on to make it harder for you? >> >> that is why we are looking at in supporting the negotiated peace process. clearly, force has not been an answer over the years, and we have always suggested the talking start at an earlier stage. >> we thank you for your efforts. >> i appreciate no quotes out of context, having been an editor for 20 years. >> thanks again. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> wednesday the white house authorized the release of documents related to target drone killings to the intelligence committees on capitol hill. the senate intelligence committee will hear from the president's counter-terrorism advisor at 2:30. he has been nominated to be the next cia director. live coverage on c-span. president obama on his way back from leesburg, virginia, where he spoke with house democrats on their annual policy retreat. this mor
if the u.s. and coalition forces are going to leave a light footprint, isn't that on to make it harder for you? >> >> that is why we are looking at in supporting the negotiated peace process. clearly, force has not been an answer over the years, and we have always suggested the talking start at an earlier stage. >> we thank you for your efforts. >> i appreciate no quotes out of context, having been an editor for 20 years. >> thanks again. [captions copyright...
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nearly 30 years as a u.s. senator. the only committee that he served on from the day he became a senator, until its last day in the center of the foreign relations committee.-- until his last day in tas s as senator ine foreign relations committee. he grew up with a father in the foreign service. it is a family calling. i will count it as a joy but as a bittersweet sadness that my service in the senate, i got to serve with him on the foreign relations committee for one week. [laughter] i am the junior senator on that committee. i sit far out on the wing on that committee.i was together with this chair for one week. it was the first committee vote i cast was to confirm him as the new secretary. senator, you are coming to a place that believes deeply in the values that you share, as robert mentioned. president jefferson strongly believed in the connection of this wonderful exemplary nations to a world community. we have been a global leader. i always like to think about the global leadership that tries to balance militar
nearly 30 years as a u.s. senator. the only committee that he served on from the day he became a senator, until its last day in the center of the foreign relations committee.-- until his last day in tas s as senator ine foreign relations committee. he grew up with a father in the foreign service. it is a family calling. i will count it as a joy but as a bittersweet sadness that my service in the senate, i got to serve with him on the foreign relations committee for one week. [laughter] i am the...
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he says the u.s. is ready for direct talks directiran if they are ready for negotiations. -- direct talks with iran. guest: this is then try to open a back door and front door negotiations. part of the challenges, we have made these and treaties. the question is whether the i italia is going to avail himself of them. i am in favor of doing everything possible to see what is necessary and to explore the feasibility of avoiding a conflict with iran if iran is ready to reach an accommodation that stops its nuclear weapons program. if it does so in a way that is verifiable. after all, i think the last thing the united states wants to do is to go into another conflict with the wrong. i think it went to test the willingness. so far despite the best intentions ever since he became president, they have rebuffed these efforts. host: there is a limited time. because elections are scheduled for june. what could happen between now and then if anything at all? guest: it is hard to say because just the other day th
he says the u.s. is ready for direct talks directiran if they are ready for negotiations. -- direct talks with iran. guest: this is then try to open a back door and front door negotiations. part of the challenges, we have made these and treaties. the question is whether the i italia is going to avail himself of them. i am in favor of doing everything possible to see what is necessary and to explore the feasibility of avoiding a conflict with iran if iran is ready to reach an accommodation that...
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host: as far as nuclear weapons and u.s. support of israel, do you have anything more to say on that issue? guest: israel is a sovereign state. there have been rumors about nuclear weapons. they have never admitted to it. we don't tell other countries whether they should admit to something or not. i think everybody knows that israel has some nuclear capability. host: what about the settlements issue that john asked about? guest: the settlements -- let's look at a little bit of history. in 1947, the united nations resolution took apart palestine and split it into what is called the jewish state in the arab state. that was a two-state solution back in 1940 seven. 1948, israel declared independence. the palestinians could have had their palestinian state as part of the un resolution. instead, they tried to destroy israel before it was ever a country. there were no settlements from 1967. that is 19 years. the palestinians could have had a state. they chose not to do it. the settlement issue is an issue that has to be worked out
host: as far as nuclear weapons and u.s. support of israel, do you have anything more to say on that issue? guest: israel is a sovereign state. there have been rumors about nuclear weapons. they have never admitted to it. we don't tell other countries whether they should admit to something or not. i think everybody knows that israel has some nuclear capability. host: what about the settlements issue that john asked about? guest: the settlements -- let's look at a little bit of history. in 1947,...
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u.s. government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. you will have it for you later in our program schedule. at the white house, jay carney held his daily briefing, addressing a number of issues including a bombing at the u.s. embassy in turkey today. >> does the president considered the attack on our embassy in turkey to be a terrorist attack? >> that is an excellent question a suicide bombing on the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror, a terrorist attack. i think this is an incident that has just occurred and i don't want to get ahead of it, is being investigated. we strongly condemn what was a suicide attack against our embassy in ankara, which took place at the embassy's our security perimeter. details are still emerging about what exactly happened, who was responsible. it is clearly an act of terror. it caused -- cost hte life about least one individual, a turkish security guard. we are working with the turkish authorities to investigate the incident and br
u.s. government upon scientists, engineers, and inventors. you will have it for you later in our program schedule. at the white house, jay carney held his daily briefing, addressing a number of issues including a bombing at the u.s. embassy in turkey today. >> does the president considered the attack on our embassy in turkey to be a terrorist attack? >> that is an excellent question a suicide bombing on the perimeter of an embassy is by definition an act of terror, a terrorist...
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the u.s. attorney's office, attorney general eric holder, to just in my city alone, the city of houston, to report 15 voter abuse cases. without the preclearance where would we be? or the proposal to eliminate the independent school district board of trustees, over a school district that has worked hard to survive, will be subjected to the preclearance to determine whether not only the students will be denied their right to learn in a school district they love and is fighting for their education, but that elected persons will be denied the right to serve and others denied the right to vote for them. the voting rights act protects all voters. it gives them all the right to vote, one vote one person. shelby county has raised the issue they should not be subjected to preclearance. they are beyond that. the district court, federal court decided in washington, d.c., that they were wrong. that preclearance is constitutional. and we know that well because about -- because when we had the privilege of
the u.s. attorney's office, attorney general eric holder, to just in my city alone, the city of houston, to report 15 voter abuse cases. without the preclearance where would we be? or the proposal to eliminate the independent school district board of trustees, over a school district that has worked hard to survive, will be subjected to the preclearance to determine whether not only the students will be denied their right to learn in a school district they love and is fighting for their...
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the u.s. banking system has been resilient. any your, it is more dominated by these large megabanks that are enormous. maybe it is a source of strength for the american economy. host: garden city, new york. hello. caller: thank you for taking my call. i have a question. i would like to look at -- actually, if your guest can talk about at a more granular level, yes, personal income has increased. can you break it down to how much of that increase came from interest income, stocks, etc., versus people who are just middle to lower middle class who just get their personal income from their salaries? guest: you have a chart here taking a look at investment income. host: it talks about personal income receipts guest: this looks at interest and dividend income. interest rates are still quite low. interest income is low. dividend income has been improving as corporate profits have returned and so forth. if you look at the chart, we are below the level we were at before the recession. there was an increased in 2012 of 3.8%. it accounted
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thank you. >> next, u.s. army chief of staff talks about the future of the army and live at 7:00 a.m., your calls and comments on "washington journal." >> on news makers, kentucky congressman, harold rogers. he talks about his efforts to fund the federal government through september 30, which would avert a government shutdown on march 27 and the impact it would have from the pentagon and veterans programs. newsmarkse sundays at 10:00 a.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern on c-span. >> i think the women themselves in many cases were interested in politics but had no vehicle to express that in their own lives so they were attracted to men who were going to become politically active or were already politically active. >> each of them i find intriguing. probably half of them in particular, they are prelice ice isly because they are so obscure historically. i think half of these women probably would be almost totally unrecognizingable to most men and women on the street. >> this presidents' day, c-span premieres its new seri
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after their closed doors session, they spoke about u.s. -- u.s.-canada relations. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome foreign minister john baird here to this department. he was one of the first calls i made after i officially came into the building and started and was sworn in, and he is my first guest as foreign minister. i hope everybody understands this is meant to underscore the strength of the relationship we have, and we are grateful for it. we do not agree on the toughest issues. we begin with hockey. i played a little bit, and since i am a bruins fan, we have clashed in many ways. he, from ottawa, is a fan of the senators, and i want you to know it is the first time i ever heard anyone talk well of senators. [laughter] i am grateful for it. today was the first of what i know will be many very productive sessions, and the reason for that is that canada and the united states share the same values. we have a history and heritage of our people that is unbelievably connected. we have the same entrepreneurial spirit. we have
after their closed doors session, they spoke about u.s. -- u.s.-canada relations. this is 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. it is my great pleasure to welcome foreign minister john baird here to this department. he was one of the first calls i made after i officially came into the building and started and was sworn in, and he is my first guest as foreign minister. i hope everybody understands this is meant to underscore the strength of the relationship we have, and we are grateful for it. we...